Analytic Conservatism

Analytic Conservatism. Brennan, G. & Hamlin, A. British Journal of Political Science, 34(4):675–691, October, 2004.

We propose an analytic account of dispositional conservatism that attempts to uncover a foundation of what is often taken to be an anti-foundationalist position. We identify a bias in favour of the status quo as a key component of the conservative disposition and address the question of the justification of such a conservative disposition, and the circumstances in which the widespread adoption of such a disposition might be normatively desirable. Our analysis builds on a structural link between the economist's traditional emphasis on questions of feasibility and the conservative's attachment to the status quo.

@article{brennan_analytic_2004,
	title = {Analytic {Conservatism}},
	volume = {34},
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	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/analytic-conservatism/5E4198E41702BCFB44C56DE98CCBF0DB},
	doi = {10.1017/S0007123404000249},
	abstract = {We propose an analytic account of dispositional conservatism that attempts to uncover a foundation of what is often taken to be an anti-foundationalist position. We identify a bias in favour of the status quo as a key component of the conservative disposition and address the question of the justification of such a conservative disposition, and the circumstances in which the widespread adoption of such a disposition might be normatively desirable. Our analysis builds on a structural link between the economist's traditional emphasis on questions of feasibility and the conservative's attachment to the status quo.},
	language = {en},
	number = {4},
	urldate = {2024-04-18},
	journal = {British Journal of Political Science},
	author = {Brennan, Geoffrey and Hamlin, Alan},
	month = oct,
	year = {2004},
	pages = {675--691},
}

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